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I met 2-year-old Tacy when I sat down to read with a group of children who were waiting with their families at one of our medical clinics in the Dominican Republic. ¿Donde Está Spot? may have been the first book Tacy had ever seen or touched, and the amazement on her face brought joy to my heart. Imagine seeing a picture book for the first time. Now, imagine turning the page, and turning another, discovering delights at every turn. I think of Tacy often, and all the other very young children with whom I have experienced the wonderful newness of reading. Here are some new books for the newest readers.
Babies love babies. They love meeting other babies and seeing their pictures in books. Baby Day is someone’s first birthday, and here come many babies to celebrate. There are friendly babies and bossy babies, smiling babies and fussy babies. Not much drama here, until an ice cream cone is claimed by a hungry dog. But there’s cake, and a disastrous photo op, and then it’s time for wriggly baby, tired baby, cranky baby and all the other partygoers to wave bye-bye and go home. This one is a ...